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No. 550,179. Patent-ed Nov." 19, 1395..`

UNITED STATES IPATENT OFFICE.

JAMES M. KIHLE AND JULIUS NEEFE, OF COUDERSPORT, PENN- SYLVANIA.

' EGG-TESTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 550,179, dated November19, 1895.

` Application led April 11, 1895. Serial No. 545,352. (No model.)

To aZZ whom t may concern,.-

Be it known that we,l JAMES M. KIEHLE and `JULIUS W. NEEFE, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Ooudersport, in the county of Potter andState of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Egg-Tester, ofwhich the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to egg-testers, and has for its object to providea simple, inexpensive, and efficient device of the class named, by meansof which a number of eggs may be tested at the same time, and wherebythe eggs are held in a favorable position for viewing them in the lineof their major axes; and furthermore, to provide a cabinet in connectionwith the tester for storing eggs in quantity.

Further objects and advantages of this invention will appear in thefollowing description, and the novel features thereof will beparticularly pointed out in the appended claims.

`In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of an egg-testerconstructed in accordance with our invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view,taken from the rear. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view of a testerhaving a single angular rest, the section being taken through a seat.Fig. 4t is a front view of a portion of the tester, showing one of'theseats.A Fig. 5 is a plan view of a portion of the tester, showing one ofthe seats.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all theiigures of the drawings.

l designates a casing provided with a stepped front side constructed ofa series of angular rests 2, each rest consisting of a horizontal sideor wall 3 and a vertical side or wall 4, which intersect, preferably, ata right angle to each other, and in each of the said rests is formed aseries of egg-seats 5. rlhe rear side 6 of the tester is provided with ahinged door or flap 7, having an inspectionopening 8. The lower portionof the casing forms a receptacle 9 for eggs previous or subsequent totesting. p

The egg-seats are outwardly liared or beveled to correspondapproximately with the curvature of the surfaces of eggs', and the seatconsists of registering-openings v 10 and 11, formed, respectively, inthe horizontal and vertical sides or walls of the rests. The opening 11,which is formed in the vertical side or wall of the rest, is arched,with the spring of the arch in the plane of the upper surface of thehorizontal side orwall 3, and the opening 10, which is formed in thehorizontal side or wall, is segmental in construction and eX- ceeds asemicircle in extent. Hence the mouth of the opening 10, which registerswith the lower end of the opening 1l, is less than a diameter of theopening lO.

rIhe eggs are place in and approximatelyhorizontal position in theseats, with their points projecting inward through the openings ll andtheir butts resting on the beveled edges of the openings 10, therebypractically filling the openings and excluding light from the interiorof the casing, and the operator, by viewing the eggs through theinspectionopening 8 in the rear side of the cabinet, may see at a glancethe condition of all of the eggs arranged in the seats.

Various changes in the form, proportion,-

and the minor details of construction may be resorted to withoutdeparting from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of thisinvention.

Having described our invention, what we claim isl. An egg tester havinga cabinet provided at one side with a series of angular rests havingopenings to form egg-seats and provided in the opposite side with aninspection opening, substantially as specified.

2. An egg tester having a casing provided at one side with angularrests, and egg-seats formed in the angles of said rests and consistingof registering openings formed in the angularly disposed sides or wallsthereof, said casing being provided in the opposite side with aninspection opening, substantially as specified.

3. In an egg tester, a casing provided with an angular rest having anoutwardly flared egg-seat consisting of registeringnopenings formed inthe sides or walls of the rest, the opening in one side or wall beingarched and the opening in the other side or wall being IOO segmental andexceeding a semi-e'nfelo in o2@ oml own we have hereto affixed om'Signutent, the mouth of the segmental opening'7 tures in The presence oftwo witnesses.

which s less in width than the dimneter of JAMES M. KIICHLE. the sameopening, regstelng with the mouth J ULIUS \V. NEEFE. 5 of the archedopening substzultiallyns spoo- \Vtnesses:

ed. WM. DANIELS,

In testilnonythzlt We Claim the foregoing :LS C. XV. GERHAM.

